British social care services CareTech bought rival Cambian for 372 million pounds ($472.66 million) in August last year.

"CMA has cleared the completed acquisition by CareTech Holdings Plc of Cambian Group Plc," UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in a statement http://bit.ly/2I1kQ18.

(Reporting by Sangameswaran S in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)